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First US edition | |
| Author | Margaret Kennedy |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Cassell (UK) Rinehart (US) |
Publication date | 1949 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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The Feast is a 1949 novel[1] by the British writer Margaret Kennedy.[2] It is a modern reworking of the seven deadly sins.[3] Her ninth novel, it was her first in more than a decade. It was a Literary Guild choice in America.[4]
In a Cornish coastal resort town a landslide of a nearby cliff buries a hotel, killing those inside but sparing those who have gone out on a picnic excursion.